2 A Big Mess

2 A Big Mess "Follow me," Aunt Anne told Violet and Leon. She walked down the hall and opened the bathroom door. "Look at the big mess you've made." Puddles of water covered the floor. Water dripped from the faucet. "I found this faucet gushing with water, and now I can't get it to stop dripping," Aunt Anne said. "I've told you before not to leave it running.

“跟我来，”安妮姨妈对维奥莱特和利昂说。 她走过大厅，打开浴室的门。 “看看你弄得一团糟。” 水坑铺满了地板。 水从水龙头里滴下来。 安妮阿姨说：“我发现水龙头在喷水，现在滴水停不下来了。” “我早就告诉过你，不要让它开着。

"But, Mom, we didn't!" Leon said. "It's the same upstairs," said Violet's mom. "Were you playing some kind of game?" She was looking at the bag strapped around Violet's waist. Violet had stuffed it with small tools. A magnifying glass. A tiny flashlight. Sunglasses. Mom has spotted my fairy-catching bag! Violet thought. She had started bringing it along when they looked for pixies, but her tools had nothing to do with the leaky faucets.

“但是，妈妈，我们没有！”利昂说。 “楼上也一样，”维奥莱特的妈妈说。 “你在玩什么游戏吗？”她看着系在维奥莱特腰上的袋子。 维奥莱特在里面塞满了小工具。 放大镜。一个小小的手电筒。 太阳镜。妈妈发现了我的捕仙袋！紫色的想法。 当他们寻找小妖精时，她就开始随身带着它，但她的工具与漏水的水龙头无关。

Violet thought fast. "No, Mom," she said. "Honest. Maybe the faucets are broken." "Maybe," her mom said. "But they were fine this morning. Aunt Anne looked at their faces closely. "I want you two to clean up the mess here and upstairs," she said. "After lunch, we'll all go into town. We'll get some new parts for the faucets." "But, Mom!" Leon said. "Why should we have to clean it up when we didn't even—" "Enough, Leon," Aunt Anne said. "Now get to work."

维奥莱特想得很快。“不，妈妈，”她说。 “诚实。也许水龙头坏了。” “也许吧，”她妈妈说。“但是今天早上他们还好好的。 安妮阿姨仔细地看着他们的脸。 “我要你们两个把这里和楼上的乱摊子收拾干净，”她说。 “午饭后，我们都去城里。 我们要给水龙头买些新零件。” “但是,妈妈!“利昂说。“为什么我们要把它清理干净，我们甚至都没有——”“够了，利昂，”安妮姨妈说。 “现在开始工作吧。”

Aunt Anne and Mrs. Briggs went upstairs. Violet got a mop and pail from the hall closet. Violet started sloshing the mop on the bathroom floor. Sprite flew out of her pocket and sat on the edge of the sink. Leon found some rags and began to help. "This is going to take forever!" "You're right!" Violet replied. She sighed. "Now we won't get to look for fairies again until tomorrow." Suddenly, Sprite pointed to the sink. "A fairy!" Sprite shouted. "There's a fairy in the sink!"

安妮姨妈和布里格斯太太上了楼。 维奥莱特从走廊壁橱里拿了拖把和水桶。 维奥莱特开始用拖把在浴室地板上晃来晃去。 雪碧从口袋里飞了出来，坐在水池边上。 李昂找到一些破布，开始帮忙。 “这要花很长时间！”“你是对的!”紫回答道。 她叹了口气。“现在我们要等到明天才能再去找仙女了。” 突然，雪碧指着水池。 “一个仙女!”雪碧喊道。 “水池里有个仙女！”